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JANUARY ETTIGREW'SCHARG Sensational Statements Made in the Senate. ATTITUDE TOWARD THE TAGAL Declared the Government Waa Guilty of the Grohhcmt Treachery Fi- nancial Debate Postpone!. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. During a dis cussion today of a resolution of inquiry offered by Pettigrew, of South Dakota, some sensational statements were made In the senate regarding the attitude of the United States toward the FiliplnD insur gents, Pettigrew declared that the gov ernment had attacked Its allies, and there by had been guilty of the grossest treacn ery. This statement was resented warm ly by Dodge of Massachusetts, -who de clared that this government had done nothing of the kind, and that, not even remotely, had it recognized the so-called government of the Filipinos. Morgan of Alabama discussed at length the race question in the South, basing his remarks upon a resolution offered by Pritchard, republican, of North Carolina. He maintained that to attempt to force the black race Into a social and political equal ity with the white race was only to clog the progress of all mankind. The house today ordered two Investiga tions as a result of resolutions introduced by Representative Dentz, of Ohio. The first is to be an investigation by the com mittee n postoffices and post roads into the charge that two federal appointees of the president John C. Graham, of Provo City, Utah, and Postmaster Orson Smith, of Logan, Utah are -under indictment as polygamists, and whether affidavits to that effect were on file at the time of their appointment. The other is a general in vestigation of the military committee Into the conduct of General Merriam and tno United States army officers during the Wardner, Idaho, riots and subsequent thereto. The house adjourned until Wednesday- THE DAY IX DETAIL. Census and Philippine Matters In the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. S. In the senate today McLaurin (dem. S. C.) gave notice of an amendment to the pending finan cial bill repealing the tax on the circu lation of state banks. Carter (rep. Mont.) reported from the census committee a bill conferring on the director of the census power to employ a purchasing agent, at a salary of ?2500; two chiefs of division, at salaries of 52000; five clerks of the fourth class, six of class 6 and eight of class 2, and special agents, not to exceed 35, to gather special infor mation relating to agriculture. He asked immediate consideration for the bill, but It went to the calendar on objection. Hoar (rep. Mass.) gave notice of an amendment to the proposed bill provid ing that statitlcs be gathered by the cen sus force relating to the water power of the country. Pettigrew (sll. S. D.) announced that he would offer an amendment providing for the gathering and tabulation of statistics in regard to the distribution of wealth, lie regarded it as particular to "ascertain who reaps the benefit of the toll of labor." A resolution by Allen (pop. Neb.) calling upon each cabinet officer for an itemized statement of the amount of the $50,000,000 defense fund each department expended was adopted. A resolution calling on the secretary of the navy for Admiral Dewey's report, in which he stated be could take Manila at any time, offered by Pettigrew, was adopt ed. A resolution, offered by Pettigrew some time ago, requesting the secretary of war for information of an alleged interview betweon General Torres,, of the Filipino aqmy, and General Otis, came up. Lodge (rjijp. Mass.) offered a substitute resolu tion asking the president, if not incom patible with public interests, to furnish general Information regarding the Phil ippine insurrection contained in official documents and dispatches. Pettigrew accepted Lodge's resolution. He said: "If we have attacked an ally, it is Important that the representatives of the people in congress should know Hmj facts, and at once. I believe we have attacked an ally. I believe we have been guilty of gross treachery. I believe we have gone further in dishonor toward an ally fighting with us than any other na tion ever went." Stewart (sil. Nev.) thought this was past the time for a discussion of bow the In surrection began. "It has begun," said 2ie. "It is now my country's cause, and I do not propose to admit it is a wicked cause." Lodge said he could not even by silence 'admit that the statements of Pettigrew were -accurate. "I do not believe we at tacked an ally," said he. "I am Bure we never recognized the Filipino govern ment. They had no government, except the government of a dictator set up by liimself to impose his authority on other tribes. The president has acted through out In conformity with the law, and the facts will uphold bis course. These facts I am in favor of having placed in the hands of all senators. They will strength en the hands of the administration." The resolution of Pettigrew went over Tintil Wednesday, and Morgan (dem. Ala.) took the floor to speak on the political conditions in the Southern states. At 2 o'clock the financial bill became the regular order, and Aldrich (rep. R. L) said he hoped some general understanding could be reached as to the disposition of th bill. Jones (dem. Ark.) replied that there was no disposition on the democratic side to delay the bill. "We recognize," said he, ''that you have the majority and can pass the biiL" Jones asked, however, that there be no pressing action, as senators wore not ready to speak. Aldrich there upon asked that the bill go over for the day. Stewart gave notice that he would speak Thursday on the bill. Morgan then resumed his speech, which was directed against the Pritchard res olution, which condemns racial restric tions on suffrage and attacks the new constitution of the state of North Car olina. He first spoke on the legal aspect of the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution as affecting negro suffrage -and. the necessity of adopting some course that would prevent a repetition of the Hayes-Tilden controversy. He then dis cussed the negro question in general, maintaining that there Is a natural su premacy of the whites and a natural de iiciency of the blacks, morally, socially and intellectually. Morgan said that no great body of white people in the world could be expected to accept quietly a sit uation so distressing and demoralizing as is created by negro suffrage in the South. Morgan declared that in many places in the South thousands of necrro votes, in doubtful counties, -with little concealment, - wwb uouKiit jqr it eacn. If Southern 'white men," said he, "have falsified election returns they have the stronger, if not the better, reason that they are acting upon the same law of eotf-defense that insulted and outraged human nature resorts to for the protection of homos and families from a rate that sets at defiance all moral restrictions upon their brutal desires." This evil, he thought, would end only when the United States bad provided a home for the negro race suited to their traits. A bill amending the dependent act of June 27, 1S98. was called up and explained by Gallinger (rep. N. H.). The two amend ments proposed by the bill were that widows 'Who Slave -an income of ?250 in ex- cess of their dally wages should be pen sionable under the act, and authorizing the commissioner of pensions to aggregate the disabilities of an applicant in fixing bis pensionable status. In the course of a protracted discussion of the general pension question, a dis cussion -which tookr&rwlde range,1 Teller (sll. CoK) said he was not appalled by the fact 'that "S140.000.000rannually. was paid by 'the government to" pensioners. He was certain that more men were- off the pen sion rolls who ouht to be on than were -69 and ought to tfe off. -- line ffiu was amenaea so as to proviae that in case the widow should bave "re sources," Instead of an "income," from which $250 a year is derived or derivable, she should be pensionable, and further, that the bill does not apply to widows who have married former soldiers since June 27, 1S90. The bill, as amended, was .passed, A bill was also passed providing that a -widow's pension shall commence with the application, and not at the date of the soldier's death, and. construing a section of the dependent pension act. At 3:55 P. M. the senate went into ex- oaeo0ooo0O0Ooooeeeoo9eooeo9eoee0eeee 0 o e o o 0 o o ;CHICAQ0'S' CHANNEL, COMPARED: WITH. OTHERi iQREAT DRAINAGElCHANNEL ..-,-.-..-. NORTH" tSEA JBaltlc) ...r..T. f37.4,t)00v MANCHESTER .-......-.... .;- l77,000,030' TSUEZy.-T-.-r..-. -... 100,000,000, NICARAGUA.-. ttt.OOaOOiTcest.) .NORTH .SEA1 -Amsterdam; .. .X ,. . r li,003.000 PANAMA'.T.i... .-.Tij '270,00Q,W?t''t.f CORINTH .-.....J.- ..-v.-i 3 J5,t;0C,000 ILUNOiANDMrCHIQiN..-..-.-..;... 18r000.0ODj VELCANI .-. .j S6.000.000, , ERIE'.:-....-..-.... HENNEPIN ! 0OooeoooooaoeooooooooeGooeoseooesoeoo0eee9oceeeeeeoooodoooooeooooeeeoooeoooe9oooeoooooeeeaooeeoooo& ecutive session, and at 5 o'clock ad journed. In the Honse. Immediately after the reading of the journal in the house today, Dalzell (rep. Pa.), from the committee on rules, reported back the resolution introduced last week by Lentz (dem. O.) for an In vestigation by the committee appointed to investigate the case of Representative elect Roberts of charges that John G. Graham, postmaster of Provo, Utab, and Anderson Smith, postmaster at Logan, Utab, were guilty of polygamus prac tices, with the recommendation that it pass amended so as to provide that the investigation shall be made by the com mittee on postofflces and postroads, In stead of by the special committee. Wheeler (dem. Ky.) remarked that, in liis opinion, the resolution for an investi gation was a pure piece of political bun combe. "The president has full power in the premises," said Wheeler, "and there is no necessity ior congressional inves tigation." The resolution was passed withput division. Grosvenor rep. O.) then reported back from the committee on rules another res olution, introduced" by Lentz, for an In vestigation by a special committee of the action -of General Merrlainaand.jthe mil ftia in. the Wardner, Idaho.-jnlnlng riots, and their course in preveiitingSlfe em ployment of union miners, wlth 1l recom mendation that it "be amended so as to provide that the Investigation shall be made by the military committee of the house. Instead of a special committee. The resolution, as amended, was adopted without division. Thursday next, after 11 o'clock, was set apart for eulogies on the late Represen tative Danforth, of Ohio; Wednesday for eulogies on the late Representative Green, of Nebraska, and Friday, after 2 P. M., on the life and public service of the late Vice-President Hobart Then, at 12:30, the house adjourned until Wednesday. Dills in the Senate, WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Among the bills Introduced today in the senate were the following: By Turner Granting travel pay and commutation of rations tp volunteer troops who served in the Philippines and were transported to the United States before being mustered out by the government, just as if they had been mustered out in the archipelago. By Carter For the retirement of officers of the army who served In the civil war, at one grade higher in rank than that actually held, provided they be retired for disability. Presidential Xonilnntions. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The president sent the following nominations to the sen ate: Navy Pay Inspector H. T. Wright, to be pay director; Paymaster S. E. Colroun. to be pay inspector; Passed Assistant Paymaster Joseph J. Cheatham, to be paymaster; Passed Assistant Paymaster M. iL Ramsey, to be paymaster. War Acting Assistant Surgeon Frank N. Titus, of California, to be surgeon of volunteers, with the rank of major. Offer of Mediation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Senator Petti grew today offered a resolution authoriz ing the United States government to offer mediation between Great Britain ana South Africa. He announced It was his purpose to make a speech on the subject. Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The senate to day confirmed the nomination of L. C. Olmstead, postmaster at Big Timber, Mont., also a number of promotions in the army, and several census supervisors. British Colnmbln Teachers. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. S. The 14th annual convention of the British Colum bia teachers' institute began its sessions here today. The morning and afternoon sessions were devoted to the reading and discussing of technical papers. At the evening session, which was of a more popular character, addresses were deliv ered by President Frank V. Graves, of the Washington state university, Seattle, and by B. W. Brintnall, editor of the North west Journal of Education. e . General Greely Is Better. WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Brigadier-General Greely, chief signal officer, United States army, who was attacked by a drunken man at -his home last evening, is resting well. The physicians believe his skull has not been injured, and a rapid recovery is looked for. Bnglnnd'H Arniored Trains. The magnificent armored trains used by England In her war with the Boers will transport her troops, protect bridges and telegraphic communications in about the same way that Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters drives dyspepsia from the human stomach, and then mounts guard that it does not return. The Bitters has won In every case of indigestion, biliousness, liver and kidney trouble .for the nasb 50 vears. 1 It is invaluableat all times. REPULSE AT THE FORD EXPLANATION OP BUItliER'S - FEAT AT THE TttGEIA. BE- Mistakes Tjy Hart, Dnndonald, Bar ton and IiOnsr Lost the Day Graphic Description of the Battle. LONDON, Jan. 8. The first account giv ing an adequate explanation1 of General Buller"s defeat at the Tugela river comes by mail from Bennett Burleigh, the Dally i Telegraph s correspondent. It appears that the battle orders drawn up by General Clery provided for the ef- J fectlve support of the artillery by Hart's, Barton s and Dundonald's brigades. Gen eral Hart missed his way, Lord Dundon ald failed to support, and General Barton got part of his forces in an untenable po sltion. Colonel Long, with the artillery, 'foil 533,525,691 C2"tfo0 Wbta Built , rCh!cago'and Despjattjiesj VRlvers :..'. j joPZ'to'loOO. Baltic and North Sens : I887to 1895 . Atlantic Ocean to Man' Chester 1885to 1694J 'Mediterranean and In iilan Oceans 1 1839 "to" 1869 Atlantic and pacific Ocean ....". j Uncompleted' 'Amsterdam wlthNorth' Sea at the Heidcr .. J 1B65to 189o 'Atlantic ..and Pacific Seas, Centra! Am - Uncompleted, Xfcar Cape Matopan r.; l8S2to 1893 Cuicagoand La,5alIe.V l836to1848 Lakes 6rle"and Ontario) fl825"to"l82 I26.75' Albany to Buffalo j861o1362 r3634' Illinois and Mississippi v 00,000,000, 6,000,000' Rlvers . outpaced the escort of the guns, and they were lost. Briefly, this seems to be the story of the Tugela river. But through the graphic columns there continually re curs the discovery of the unexpected en trenchmentsand the awful fusillades from hidden Boers and gallantry such as has seldom marked British battlefields. After describing how the British force began their advance at daylight, and how the Boers left them absolutely unmolested, the correspondent says: "At 6:20 there suddenly burst an awful crash of Boer musketry upon the batter ies and advancing infantry. The rattle of the Mausers swelled, and was maintained as one continuous roar. From the build ings and lines of trenches outh of the river, and from the river bank Itself, the Boers fired at our gunners and footmen, and from the trenches on the' northern side of the Tugela river and Fort Wylie and elsewhere they sent ou a hurricane of leaden hail and bullets venomously rained on the ground, in all directions, raising puffs of dust and tearing through the air with shrill sounds. "Few have ever seen so heavy and so deadly a fusillade, but neither the British gunners nor the infantry hesitated or winced. Cannon were wheeled Into posi tion, although many; of the horses and men were shot down ere the maneuver was completed, and "our Indomitable sol diers walked erect and straight onward. Not even Rome, in her palmiest days, ever possessed "oredevptedssoldiers. As the gladiators marched proud and smil ing to meet death, so our soldiers, doomed to die, saluted, and with alacrity stepped forward to do their duty 'glory or the grave. Anglo-Saxon soldiers always ad vance that way. I asked an American who had seen warfare in Cuba and Ma nila, if his own countrymen generally did this, and he answered, 'Yes, It is marvel ous, but wasteful.' "Closer and closer walked the soldiers to the Boer trenches, until within 400 yards of the nearest rifle pits. Then, ly ing down, they returned the fire, but there was little or nothing to aim at. "The Irish brigade had driven the Boers to the north bank of the Tugela. They found that the enemy had planted the ground with barbed wire. Even in the bed of the river barbed wire was laid down. Into the water went the Dublins, Innlskilllns, Borderers and Connaughts, but it was found that the Boers had dammed the river at the ford," where or dinarily It was but knee-deep. They strove to find the crossings, and many a fine fellow, with his weight of ammuni tion and accoutrements, was drowned. "It was a desperate and serious situa tion. The attack on the right was mak ing progress, and the hearts of the men had reached an apparent Impasse. But there were furious and angry Irishmen, who had resolved to get across solhehow. By dint of scrambling from rock to rock and swimming, a number won the other side. Yet most of them found that they had but passed across a winding spruit. The Tugela still lay in front, and all the while the murderous fire of cannon and Mauser crashed and comrades fell welter ing in their blood. "In the meanwhile Colonel X,ong had lost his guns, and Generals Buller and Clery, with their staffs and escorts, had ridden to the scene. The spouting hail of iron and lead spluttered and snapped, and the dust puffed more than ever, "Lord Roberts' son, with Captain Scho field and Captain Congrove, volunteered to ride out and endeavor to save the two field batteries in the open. Readily, other volunteers were found. Corporals, from the line, men and drivers of the ammuni tion wagons taking spare teams, galloped out. and men and horses again began falling on every side. Young Roberts' horse was .blown up with a shell. Con grove was hit by a bullet, and his clothes were cut by other missiles. Schofield alone escaped untouched. Across that valley of death quickly the surviving ani mals were rounded up, and the guns were hooked and dragged away. "Again an attempt was made to rescue the remaining guns, but the Boer fire was incessant and withering. At 4 the battle was over, (jenerai suuer aoanuoneu tne guns and retreated." BULLER'S OPPORTUNITY. Patience r.nil ShJH in Maneuvering Should Carry Hlra to Ladytimith. NEW YORK, Jan. S. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: General Buller's opportunity for an ef fective display of 'Strategy has come, and, it Is to be hoped, not too late. The hussars and the battery of field artillery for which ho has been waiting while Ladysmlth was In deadly peril are now at the front, and he has every available man, gun and horse and mule. General Joubert's army is mak ing a belated and desperate attempt to carry Ladysmlth by incessant bombard ment and a deliberato and persistent at tack in front, according to the latest news from Ladysmlth. What the emergency re quires I a cautious and Tapid, yet far sighted, plan of operations, like that adopted by Wellington in the peninsula. There may be another reverse if the tac tics of the previous battle are repeated. But a dea'sive victory may be expected with confidence if General Buller does not attempt to do a week's work during a sin- gle day, and bas the patience and skill for maneuvering far afield, turning the en emy's position, and cutting of his ret: tat northward and westward. No British gen eral since "Waterloo has ever Hal so Bril liant an opportunity or so pre,S3mg a need for delivering a series of apd and effec tive Hows by which the enemy may bo1 paralyzed and demoralized In the course of. a single week. Yet; the Engllsa public is so unaccustomed to campaigns with turn ing movements and maneuvering on a large scale that there will be dejedon and clamors f a complete victory :s not an nounced as a result or the first days fighting. Veterans at the military service clubs were intensely anxious over la news rrom Ladysmlth, and some of them commented, adyersely upon the apparent lack of co operation between Buller and White at the critical stages of the campaign, al though they were in dally communication with each other. General W'li.e was paselve December 13, when General Bul ler attacked the enemy 'n full foreo at Colenso, and there was notatn.r really ef fective done Saturday on the Tugela, ' although word was received atFrere campi 0e00000a0eee0oo9eoe0oeoeeo00eo9000O9600 000e00000oe0 i Length. Utiles. I rwuih,itt rRock sections Earth sections At bottom i'At water line At bottom 'At waW line At bottom At water line x At bottom 43. '61.29 35.05 100 I7i At water line 288 At bottom 82 'At water line 193 5 At bottom 78.72; At water line 164 At bottom 69 At water line - 70 At bottom 46 At water line 6o j At bottom 103' At water line 160 AtbDttom 60. At'water line' 70J 'At bottom 59' At water line 83 LI7.38 45.3S 391. 97.2 .' Uncomplete 77, as early as 9 o'clock that the Boers were making a most determined assault upon Ladysmlth, in anticipation t f the general advance of the main Briti3i army earlv this week. These comments h.ul a sterner, even an grier, tone toward midnight when the war office gave out anothar bulletin from Bul ler, with two hours' later news from White. It was brief, but tenili'v to the point. The Boer attack had been renewed Sat urday afternoon, as. Oeas.'il White had apprehended, and hz was very haid piessed.. Those were the worst words Which had yet flashed out of the Jarkness of Ladysmlth. The veteran at the clubs shook their heads ominously, and blunt i.v declared that General Buller hnd put ."ff the great battle !do Jong. General French r"3J-tta the situation at Colesburg unchanged, Saturday, but General Fores.tier-Walker, In a bulletin Is sued last night by the war office, gave an unpleasant account of what was described with official euphemism as an "accident." Fpur companies of the First Suffolk were sent at nigtit to attack the enemy on a low hill one mile from their camp. Colonel Watson, who was in command, was wounded after ordering the troops to charge, and the bugle call for a ret-evt was sounded, apparently by the Bors themselves, a trick which has been playd .before during ihe campaign. Three com panies retreated to the camp In good ordtr, but the fourth v. as caught behind, sli rounded by the enemy, and 70 men, In cluding seven officers, were taken prison ers. JAMESOJV-RHODES CONSPIRACY. "W. T. Stead Makes Another Attack on Chamberlain. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. A dlspatdh to the World from London says: W. T. Stead publishes a letter, in' which he says: "The correspondence of the colonial of fice In the Jameson-Rhodes conspiracy may open the eyes of the British nation to the original sources of all the present suffering. Why should Chamberlain have had reason to fear the story coming out? That he did so is assumed as a matter per fectly well known to Lord Grey, who was a close friend of Chamberlain. Possibly he was even more well known. A Cape politician wrote me the other day declar ing that ' he was satisfied that it was through Lord Grey that all the more con fidential communications passed between Rhodes and Chamberlain.". Mr. Stead then quotes from the corre spondence heretofore made public to show that Mr. Chamberlain insisted that tne Uitlanders should operate under the Brit ish flag. Then he shows: "The Americans and liberal burghers who were willing to risk their lives for a legitimate revolution under the Transvaal flag absolutely refused to take part In a movement intended to jump the Trans vaal for England. Rhodes realized better than Jameson how fatally the flag ques tion had paralyzed Johannesburg. Hence he never approved of the raid that was undertaken by Jameson on his own ic sponslbility under the goad of what he knew was the desire of Chamberlain. "By consenting to the conspiracy of falsehood before the select committee to palm off upon the world the hollow lie that Chamberlain and the foreign office knew nothing whatever of the Rhodes Jampson conspiracy, both parties In the state made, the mission accomplices in the lie. The lie Is now coming home to Rhodes." Hott a German Shipowner Views It. HAMBURG, Jan. 8. Herr Adolph Woermann, one of the owners of German vessels seized by the British, was in terviewed today by a representative of the Associated Press. He said: "The last one taken is the Herzog. She has on board Dutch, Belgian and German ambulance corps. All these were travel ing bona fide under the Red Cross. It is certainly the first time such a corps has been detained by a hostile government. Their services were offered to the Brit ish, but were refused. We cannot help interpreting the action of the British as chiefly Intended to prevent the German East African line from continuing its serv ice on account of competition wo have made against English lines." Anti-British Coalition. LONDON. Jan. 9 The Berlin corre spondent of the Daily News, in a dispatch dealing at some length with the questions of the seizures of German vessels by Brit ish .warships, says': "It cannot be denied that the idea of an anti-British coalition is very popular here. Hopes are now placed in Russia. Without being pessimistic, I must say that the present juncture Is extremely critical. Ag,matters stand, only the fact that no power wishes to take the initia tive prevents such a coalition from being brought about." Appointed to Roberts' Staff. PASADENA Cal., Jan. 8. Frederick R. Burnham, of this city, has been ap pointed to the personal staff of Lord Rob erts, commander of the English forces In the field against the Boers, and will pro ceed immediately to the scene of the war. Burnham was principal aid to Jameson in the invasion of Matabeleland in 1SS4. CLARK BRIBERY CHARGES STATE SENATOR. WHITESIDE CON TINUED HIS TESTIMONY. Ho Went Into the Deal, He Said, for the Purpose o Expos ing: It. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Ex-State Sen ator Whiteside, of Montana, continued his testimony in the Clark senatorial case before the committee on privileges and elections today. He was cross-examined by ex-Senator Faulkner. The examina tion brought out the fact that Whiteside, as a member of the committee to investi gate the state capltol committee, had made a minority report, charging cor ruption. He was asked If this was the case in which he had suggested to J. P. McCabe that this minority report could be suppressed for $2500, but denied that 1909000000 WATERS WAYS tAmaaal Bietvelaa. Cable rtf. (Reck I2,9l6.00, Earthy ,28, 500,000 1 104,040,000 .Roeck t 6,$70,815 Earth,' 57,437,720 . 'BO.OOOJOOO Rockl' 13,617,724 LEarthJ55.o5U$S ( 30,261, 2S2 (130.778,000 ,220,000 Unknown m Unknpwo ,, 'Wnknownj .9,084,165 16t4 198 72.16 258.36 170 172 72.16 328.JD 120 " 1 (IM. ' '38l 29.50 (26 '26.24 28 ,27.88' (27.88' 26 71 IS, 7' such was the case. He said his sole pur pose in undertaking the exposure of brib ery in the legislature that elected Clark was to protect the good name of the state. "I desired," he said, "to have some one accept the money so as to expose the methods of Clark." "Did you become a friend of Clark's friends for the purpose of entrapping them?" "I can't say exactly, but I suppose I did." - "In. doing this, did not ypu know you were assuming an attitude of misrepre sentation?" "I did." "Was not this a position of falsehood?" "I can't say as to that, but I had to make a number of misrepresentations." "What do you consider a He?" "I consider it a misstatement to one who has a right to know the truth. Not to one who has no right to know it." Whiteside said he did not see how any honest man could vote for Clark, after the exposure of the committee on inves tigation, and said under pressure that re mark applied to 54 members who cast their votes for that gentleman. He said, in reply to a question, that Marcus Daly was an acquaintance of his, not a friend, though he should be glad to have bim for a friend. "Have you received $35,000 for this pre tended exposure?" asked Faulkner. "I have not received $35,000, or any sum for that service." Whiteside replied, relating to his con versation with Clark prior to the latter's. election, that he was positive Clerk him self said, among other things, that State Senator Anderson could not be Influenced with money like some of the other mem bers, and that this statement was not made by Wellcome, as appeared in the printed report of his testimony before the grand Jury of Lewis and Clark coun ty. The witness said money to pay for the present prosecution had been raised by subscription, and ho understood that Daly was one of the subscribers to the fund. Cross-examination further brought out that the witness had no personal knowl edge of the bribery in the case of the three members of the assembly who had been referred to. At noon the committee took a recess until 2:30 P. M. When the hearing was resumed, the cross-examination of Whiteside was con tinued. The main direction of the ques tioning was to bring out points of differ ence between the w'ltness' statements now and those made before the grand jury. One of the questions brought out a new statement from Whiteside that his knowl edge that the bribery was going on was confirmed when a party to the transac tion took from liis pocket a roll of bills and said: "That's what we fdo the busi ness with." 'The cross-examination sought to bring out the circumstances of an alleged meeting between the witness and an election official, who held the bal lots In the election in which Whiteside had participated. The witness was asked if he had not offered $1000 for the ballots. Whiteside denied that this had occurred, and asserted that he had proof to show that a man had been paid to make such a statement against him. He also said that the prosecution instituted against hinr in this connection was due to prejudice, and was Inspired 'by one of Clark's associates. At one point, Pettus, of the commit tee, objected to having the witness "bad gered" by counsel. Ex-Senator Edmunds, of counsel against Clark, said many of the questions had been improper, but that they were not ob jected to, as the widest latitude was de sired In testing the witness. Whiteside then went over the circum stances of his being authorized to offer $5000 to each of two members, with $500 down, on condition that their votes would be forthcoming, it desired. He was close ly questioned on all the details. The cross-examination of Whiteside was still in progress when the committee ad journed until 10:15 tomorrow morning. Honse Insnlnr Affairs Committee. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. The house com mittee on insular affairs had Its first meet ing today. There was an interesting dis cussion of the jurisdiction of the commit tee under the rules adopted, and it was de cided the committee had jurisdiction over everything relating to the territory ceded by Spain, excepting appropriations and revenues. The committee has before It a large number of resolutions relative to In ternal affairs of the territory. Chinese Revolutionist Traveling:. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Chief Dep uty Surveyor St. John was today informed that Leong Ki ChOw, the prominent Chi nese revolutionist, was a passenger on hg Hong Kong Maru. He came as far as Honolulu. It Is expected he will stay there for a few weeks. He travels on u Jaaneso passport, under the name of Kashiwahra. It Is expected he will be given a warm welcome by the local Chi nese when he arrives here. United States Court of Appenls. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. A session of the United States court of appeals wab J is possessed by most people who think for themselves. 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Do not longer trifle with your health but give this great remedy an op portunity to cure you. held today in the appraiser's building. Judge Morrow, of the United States Cir cuit court, and Judge De Haven, of tne district court, were on the bench. Some important matters were decided. By stip ulation the following appeals were dis missed: Ludwig Westenf elder vs. Flora A. Greeneball; German Savings & Loan So ciety vs. the Northwest General Electric Co.; A. R. Ledoux vs.. George W. Forester. All the case are from districts in Ore gon and Avashjngton. THE FRENCH CANADIANS. Attitude of the Catholic Chnrch. To vi nrtl Possible Annexation. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. A special to the Times from Washington says: "Lift up your eyes, French Canadians, for the day of your redemption is at hand." Thus La- Semalne Religieuse, the organ of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the province of Quebec, which Is published at the Franciscan monastery, in Quebec, and under the authorization and supervis ion of his grace, Archbishop Begin, opens a long article in this week's issue on "An glomania In Canada." Continuing, La Se maine Religieuse saysr "You (French Canadians) conquered by England, ever hated and oppressed by the, race which is your enemy, whose children are forced to speak the language of their .oppressors in the schools of the United States and Manitoba; you shall at last see the star of your liberty rise for you, and your rights respected by those who have so long violated them." The developments of the war in South Africa lead La Religieuse to speak In this strain of what it refers to as the approach ing emancipation of the French Canadian. The article is an exceedingly Interesting one as expressing the sentiments of the French-Canadian clergy regarding the loy alty of French Canadians to Great Britain. The attitude of the church in Canada towards the possible annexation of the country to the United States is also set forth with considerable emphasis. Aftet speaking of what It calls the rabid hostility of the English Protestants in Canada to the French Canadians, the article con tinues: "The situation would become much more critical for the French-Canadian race it the Anglomanlncs of Ontario and of Can ada, instead of being little sympathetic with the Yankees and their republic, as they are just at present, should become reconciled with them, and undertake to bring about the annexation of Canada to the United States. Such a reconciliation Is quite possible, for the hatred of the Catholic religion and of the French-Canadian race Is profound among a very great number of "English Protestants in the country; It may easily lead them to for get the secondary differences which divide them and unite them In a firm alliance against the religion and the race which they hate. "Once annexed to the United States, Canada would become rapidly and wholly English. Engulfed in the turbulent sea of American life, swallowed up in the mire of national schools, immersed in the great swirl of Yankee business, could we long retain our French-Canadian traits and characteristics? What, indeed, would there be left of us at the end of 50 years or so? Would not ours be-the fate which was that of our former compatriots of New Orleans? We believe that If Canada be came a part of the United States, another century would see us without a trace of the spirit, the language or the customs of our fathers." in THE M0LINEUX TRIAL. Prosecution May Finish This Week. Its Case NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The develop ments In today's proceedings in the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams brought the hope that the prosecution would get through with Its case by the end of the present week. Three witnesses gave im portant testimony. Morris Harmann, a member of the firm in Newark for which Mr. Mollneux was superintendent, said that the firm of Mor ris, Harmann & Co. went Into the dry color business In 1S96, with Mr. Mollneux as superintendent, and it was upon the latter's knowledge of dry colors ana chemical recipes that they started to work. Evidence was Introduced last week to show the ease with which cyanide of mercury, the poison that Is alleged to have killed Mrs. Adams, could bo produced by a combination of dry colors' Edwin B. Hay, of Wasbington. testified as an expert in handwriting. He gave It as- his opinion that the letters signed "Barnet" and "Cornish," and the admit ted handwritings were written by the same person. He also said it was his opinion that the admitted handwritings and dis puted writings In the "Barnet" and "Cor nish" letters and that of the poison package address were all written by one man, and that man was the prisoner at the bar. Alfred U. Graham, paying teller of the Bank of North America, testified to hav ing received the writings in evidence in the case and to having carefully studied them. He said there was absolutely no doubt in his mind that the address on the poison package and that on the bogus Barnet and Cornish letters were all writ- efise ten by the same hand that wrote the ad mitted letters. Attacked ly Striker. CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Strikers maclo an- other attack on men employed at the Ir fterceptlug sewer In Thirty-ninth street. near Wentworth avenue, today, and in t.e general fight that took place one of tra strikers, Robert Burgess, wa3 fatally shct. Over a dozenr shots were fired. A num ber of strikers were arrested. POLICE STOPPED "WARFARE. San Jnan II1H Foment Tot Chicnsro Boys With, Serions Results. CHICAGO. Jan. 8. Little Charles H;s worth. tooted a tin horn Sunday afternocn on the prairie at Western and Wabars i avenues, and immediately 100 boys sprang "to arms" at the improvised bugle cal.. A great battle had been arranged, ani the two armies of 50 boys each advanced toward each other in military fashion. A neighborhood feud started the matter, arl under the truce of a white flag the bejs had agreed to fight "the battle of San Juan hill." Many of the boys had rifles and shct guns, moat of them unloaded, fortunately. Those who could not get guns had brooms or sticks. Somo of the boys had revel ers. 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